29 August 2026
A Tribute to David Dyzenhaus and The War Against Law
David Dyzenhaus’ The War Against Law is the most serious critique yet of the legal right's assault on the rule of law. I have found the book extremely interesting, and I would like to devote the following lines to commending both the work itself and its author. Dyzenhaus, Professor of Law at the University of Toronto and originally from South Africa, is one of the few, if not the only, renowned legal scholars who has consistently devoted himself to developing a harsh and serious critique of “the new legal right”. Continue reading >>
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05 April 2023
Humanizing Warfare as a Project of Power Politics and Colonial Exclusion
The myth of the Geneva Conventions as a liberal, inclusive project has been thoroughly deconstructed. Two recent books, Boyd van Dijk's "Preparing for War. The Making of the Geneva Conventions" and Hugo Slim's "Solferino 21. Warfare, Civilians and Humanitarians in the Twenty-First Century" delve into the history of the humanitarian project and shed light on its imperial and postcolonial contexts. A review essay. Continue reading >>
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29 March 2023



